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src: wikipedia
- Definition
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- base :installation from which a military force initiates operations
- the attack wiped out our forward bases
- base :use as a basis for; found on
- base a claim on some observation
- base :serving as or forming a base
- the painter applied a base coat followed by two finishing coats
- base :lowest support of a structure
- it was built on a base of solid rock|he stood at the foot of the tower
- base :situate as a center of operations
- we will base this project in the new lab
- base :of low birth or station (`base' is archaic in this sense)
- baseborn wretches with dirty faces|of humble (or lowly) birth
- base :a place that the runner must touch before scoring
- he scrambled to get back to the bag
- base :(used of metals) consisting of or alloyed with inferior metal
- base coins of aluminum|a base metal